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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The Legacy </span><span class="f_UIControl">RTF Style Editor</span><span class="f_BodyText"> enables you to edit the RTF associated with various sections of the RTF Report facility in Enterprise Architect. You would typically use this functionality to customize a report's look and feel for your company or client.</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_TiporNoteText">The RTF Style Editor discussed here automatically displays when you modify or create a </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText">Legacy</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> RTF template. If you select a template created in the </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText">enhanced</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> <a href="rtfstyletemplateeditor.htm">RTF Style Template Editor</a>, that editor opens automatically instead.</span></li>
<li><span class="f_TiporNoteText">You can transport these RTF templates between models, using the <a href="exportrefdata.htm">Export Reference Data</a> and <a href="importrefdata.htm">Import Reference Data</a> options on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Tools</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> menu.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">If you have previously defined and saved a template, click on the</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> Load</span><span class="f_BodyText"> button on the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Rich Text Format Report</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog to open the list of defined templates. Select one in order to load it as the current template; all the features saved become the current features. This enables you to define a set of standard report types that streamline document production.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Create or Edit RTF Style Templates</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">View | Resources</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> menu option to display the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> window.</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Expand the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Templates</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> folder.</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="rtftemplates.png" width="241" height="284" border="0" alt="RTFTemplates"><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">To edit an </span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;">existing</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> Legacy template, expand the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">RTF Style Templates</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> tree and double-click on the template name, or right-click and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Modify RTF Style Template</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> context menu option. The</span><span class="f_UIControl"> RTF Style Editor</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> displays. See <a href="rtfstyletemplate.htm#StyleEd">RTF Style Editor</a> for further details.</span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">Alternatively, to create a</span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;"> new</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> Legacy template, right-click on </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">RTF Style Templates</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Create RTF Style Template (Legacy) </span><span class="f_NumberedList">context menu option. Enterprise Architect displays a prompt for the new template name.</span></li>
<li value=5><span class="f_NumberedList">Type the name of the new template and click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">RTF Style Editor</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> displays. See <a href="rtfstyletemplate.htm#StyleEd">RTF Style Editor</a> for further details.</span></li>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">To delete a template, right-click on it and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Delete RTF Style Template</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> context menu option.</span></p>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">RTF Style Editor<a name="styleed"></a></span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">RTF Style Editor</span><span class="f_BodyText"> contains a list of all available RTF fragments for modification and customization.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="rtfstyleeditor.png" width="693" height="429" border="0" alt="RTFStyleEditor"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Each fragment typically contains RTF plus one or more special tag names that Enterprise Architect replaces with information during generation. Currently you cannot alter the content within the tag names, but you can omit a complete tag by removing it, or alter its basic display properties in the surrounding RTF.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Special tag names are delimited by </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-weight: bold;">#</span><span class="f_BodyText"> characters; for example, </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-weight: bold;">#NOTES#</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Click on the:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Get Default</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> button to retrieve the default Enterprise Architect template for the currently-selected template item in the left hand list</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Save</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> button to save the version of the template for this style only</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Delete</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> button to remove your modified version of the template, which causes Enterprise Architect to use the default template during report generation.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To select a template during report generation, click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Style</span><span class="f_BodyText"> drop-down arrow on the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="documentingyourproject.htm">Rich Text Format Report</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog. Once a style is selected, Enterprise Architect applies that to the current report. Select </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">&lt;basic&gt;</span><span class="f_BodyText"> for the inbuilt style.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="selectrtftemplate.png" width="121" height="113" border="0" alt="SelectRTFTemplate"></p>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">You can also <a href="customrtflanguage.htm">alter the custom language settings</a>.</span></p>
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